FOOLISH HEART
Chapter 1:
A date by phone. That was what Shin Woo and Mi Nam where doing while Mi Nam was roaming around Seoul and waiting for Tae Kyung to come and get her. Shin Woo had eaten kalguksoo with her, given her ice cream treat, and paid the rest of the amount for the clothes that she had bought, and she never knew he was doing those for and with her. He pretended that he was with her too so that Mi Nam will not know that he was simply walking and following behind her. And finally, Shin Woo told her to turn back and walk so that she can see his surprise. He was hopeful that Mi Nam would see him, but to his dismay, Mi Nam received a call from her Hyung-nim, thus she went on her way again.
"You were so close," Shin Woo said, "If you'd taken just one more step..."
Go Mi Nam's POV
Mother Superior, when you get hit by electricity, does it hurt this much?
I see Hyung-nim and He Yi kissing by the stairway, and there were reporters downstairs. I am up here where I can see them, but I don't like what I see. I don't know what this is, and why it hurts so much. I don't want to see this. I have to turn away. But my body won't listen to me. What do I do?
Someone pats my shoulder. Shin Woo hyung, I say to him. Shin Woo hyung looks at me then at Hyung-nim and He Yi downstairs. Then he looks back at me again. He looks pensive.
Let's go, he said to me. He grabs me by my wrist and he leads me away. Shin Woo hyung is really an angel. He comes at a moment when I feel I am lost. He is always there for me. He always comforts me when I am sad.
He hands me a bottle of water and points out that I was surprised. Shin Woo hyung really sees right through me. He also confesses he was quite surprised of what had happened. And he points out that the fans downstairs are crying. I see them crying. They are crying for Hyung-nim, and I hear them congratulating Hyung-nim for his love. He shares that many love and respect Hyung-nim because he is a star and that liking someone is not necessarily bad or special.
Since I am one of Hyung-nim's many fans, I am not special. I feel so worthless. I will also congratulate Hyung-nim like his fans did, I tell Shin Woo hyung. But this strange feeling hurts, and with this feeling in my chest, can I congratulate Hyung-nim?
Shin Woo's POV
Go Mi Nam didn't see me when she turned around because Tae Kyung called. All she sees is Tae Kyung. And she still continues to see him even if she was on the verge of tears, watching Tae Kyung kissing with the national fairy, Yoo He Yi.
I know she needs comforting, and the person who can give her that is me. But being a hyung is the only thing I know that she needs. She never sees the intention beyond my actions. If only I can hug her.
I guess I can't. There are reporters downstairs, and if they see the two people kissing, some of those with quick senses might even see me hugging Go Mi Nam, and I don't want to add to her troubles.
I lead her to the balcony where I point out how surprised she was. Even I was surprised that Tae Kyung acted the way he did, because as far as I know, Tae Kyung is not an impulsive person, nor is he dumb. He always acted with reason, and even acted steps ahead. He was the type to always have a plan in his head.
The fans downstairs are crying over Tae Kyung, and I point to Mi Nam why the fans acted the way they did. Loving and respecting celebrities are reasons why they are called fans to begin with.
It hurts to see Mi Nam in that situation where she has to give up her feelings and congratulate Tae Kyung for his love life. What she is feeling might, more or less, be the same as mine.